The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-12-08
With Salem in the line it will be still easier to

W th Salem IN the line II VIII be Stlli easier TO
enforce prohibition, even though it be of
local nature. When men can not get what
they want they must be content with what
they can get. If Massachusetts cannot obtain
State prohibition, then let her towns and cities
adopt 10 license laws. May Salem join the
| ranks soon.
1t is difficult to find section of country
where the order of Good Tempars is not rep
resented. This city is no exception to the rule.
/ The lodge in Salem is quite large in numbers
and has Il good field for labor. There are plenty
of opportunities for the lodge members to use
their efforts 40 reclaim the fallen. and to save
others from falling" TO reclaim the fallen
may be Il hari matter. To save others from
falling is the grand work which presents itself
to the Good Templars. not only of Salem, but
the entire world. Some one has said, 1T is
great thing to save fallen man, but it is
greater thing to save man from falling" In
making temperance men and women of the
boys ard girls that soon will rule the State and
nation, we wish our fellow workers an uI.-
qualified success. f. c. Dow.
The G. A. R. and the Pension Bill.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: As the
time draws near for the annual election of Of
tcers of the &. A. X. at the different posts in
the Pine Tree State, see to it thai they choose
delegates to tie Department Encampment who
are favorable to the pension bill now being
framed by the Pension Committee fer the con-
sideration of the next Congress.
II II nd ~ bipf fru uto
| mp ana nominate some friend for q delegate.
| but the pension business has become a very
solemn and important matter to the old soldier,
who understands his comrades necessitiea. and
| the only way to secure justice to the veteran is
| to present solid phaanN at the front.
| 1t may not occur to them that the opinion Of
| one delegate can make much difference, but
| every man who goes to that encampment plclg-
| ed to stand on that floor and do his level best
for the general pension bill helps the matter
| along just so much more.
/ Unauimity Of thought and expression all
| over the country is precisely the thing needed
to bring about the desired result, and nothing
else will ever accomplish that end. President
| Cleveland will not 60 along forever vetoing
! pension bills, and if he does. public sentiment
is tile motive power which will propel some
! lust and wise pension bill with resistlts> force
| away over the top Of President Cleyeland's
yetoc$.
The old soldiers ought to realize that they
possess the lever which can and will move the
whole country. if they only press that lever at
| the same time with gentle. but steady force.
| The veterans may he divided IN politics, but in
! the matter Of increased and liberal pensions
I they should practically lie Il unit and they
should never let their different political opin-
i ions interfere with their convictions Of justice
| to their helpless comrades. Comrade A may
| be in FAY or Of free trade, while "olnrade ia
| vors protection. but that is 10 reason why they
cannot stand shoulder to shoulder on the pen
sion question. Now, boys, show your fidelity
/ to Your dear old companions in arms hy send
| ing delegate i!nd-c,i 20 favor The new pension
/ bill.
! Perhaps all of you cannot look around and
| see want add ,ie,tution slnong the soldiers
! families in Your midst, but SOME oI you surely
can. and you can all paste this little fact in
Your hats. There are now more than $4,000
/
all over this prosperous and wealthy country
| Figure don't lie in this case and Pension Con-
missioner Black admits the fact.
I 1t doe, not seem as if Old soldiers should
need any ursng in this matter but very many
Of them do require sharp measures to cal their
attention to this important business. Maine
was not behind any state i'll the fighting quail
,r,f fl {
bclIion. Indeed, her soldiers were like the
tlinty soil on which thtl We're born and rear
ed. invincible to the last degree. 1t va, my
good fortune to witness, Il short time since. the
! magnificent dioralna of the Battle of Getty>-
| bur, consisting of map indicating the battle
/ lines Of both armies, and ten large paintings,
showing the principal fighting from the first
| shot until the victorious end. The lecturer,
Gen. Muholland. knows every inch of ground
covered by the troops on those three days,
| pcrhap, everybody does not know that the
| first shot fired in that most remarkable battle
Of th4 world was thrown by the Second Maine
| Battery, but such is the case. To Maine be-
longs the credit of The first gun that revcrberat
ed along the fertile valley and over the tree-elad
hills.
\ When the lecturer made that announcement
my mimi went back to the Concord li=n!, and
| thought Of the beautiful poem of EmerSon'-,
\ which never could have been inspired any
where else but in that historic town. and which
nobody but the gifted philosopher could have
written:
! by that rude arch, which spans the Hood,
Their FLAG to Natures God unfurled:
| There tn" embaitIed farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the Word.'
No shot was ever fired that was heard 50
| far as that freddy the ID Maine Battery on tho
morning Of july lst lSti3 and as Maine bore Il
most prominent part in that battle. so let her
gallant survivors fulfil to the end their sacred
duty. and do their level best for the needy and
| indigent comrades who are calling for justice
from every city, village and hamlet from Maine
to California. HELEN y. PACKARD.